- Research Participants - We Need You! - 28 November 2025
That's right, Research Participants. It's Awards season again and we're delivering a very scientific independent study to ask you to support Bionic Bay! While we think our precision platformer hits a couple of these categories, if we had to pick one out of the bunch, the Best Game You Suck At award is probably the one that fits best (though we're still eyeing you up, Steam Deck, visual Style and Innovative Gameplay).We're here today to ask for your support, in nominating Bionic Bay for this years Steam Awards. In addition, as a little gift from Steam, nominating, playing and reviewing Bionic Bay will also get you Steam badges and XP, too! Nominate one game to grab the 2025 Steam Awards Nomination Committee Badge, get a game for every category to level it up, play a game you've nominated to level it up again and achieve final form by leaving a review.Now, you don't HAVE to nominate us fo…
- An All-New Accolades Trailer (and limited-time discount) - 10 November 2025
Research Participants! It’s been incredible to see so much fantastic feedback from media and players since Bionic Bay launched. We’ve had some incredible quotes from media, and from players online. To celebrate, we’ve tasked our scientists to pull these together as we celebrate Bionic Bay with 40% off right now on all storefronts.If you haven’t taken the plunge into Science in Real Time just yet, now is the perfect time to jump in – and with Steam Deck verification, it’s even a solid choice for Research Participants playing on the go.Bionic Bay delivers a precision platformer which sees Research Participants warp the world around them. Use physics tools to swap, flow and flip reality, to find a (mostly) safe path through an inhospitable environment.And for those who love a challenge, Bionic Bay Online provides retro-inspired ghost data racing. Take on the challenge as you look to use al…
- Security Update - Oct 6th, 2025 (v1.3.6.1) - 6 October 2025
Resolved a Unity security vulnerability (CVE-2025-59489) \here]Adjusted the requirement for the “Best Quarter” achievement when player participation is low in a online event.
- Физика и превозмогание: Обзор Bionic Bay - 30 May 2025
Этой загруженной весной финско-китайский дуэт под крылом Kepler Interactive практически незаметно выпустил одно из самых стильных и увлекательных приключений 2025 года. Bionic Bay рассказывает о неудачном эксперименте с инопланетным артефактом, который приводит к глобальной катастрофе в научном комплексе.
- Patch Notes - May 5th, 2025 (v1.3.5.2) - 5 May 2025
• Fixed an issue where the leaderboard displayed incorrectly the first time during special online levels. • Fixed a bug that caused incorrect leaderboard rankings under specific conditions after uploading a score in special online levels. • Fixed boundary issues and oversized checkpoints in some levels. • Removed the countdown timer display in special online levels. By the way, the special level Shuhei's Gauntlet is now live! Beat Shuhei Yoshida’s record to unlock his exclusive outfit!
- Get Your Running Shus On - 2 May 2025
Speedrunning Scientists! Alongside our little polishing update today, we’re thrilled to let you know that our Shuhei Yoshida skin is now live in Bionic Bay Online! To bring Shuhei into your online speedrunning, all you have to do is beat his time in our specially-crafted course. If you manage to beat this PlayStation legend’s best time, you’ll be able to jump in as Shu on both PC and PlayStation 5 We’ve been so honoured to collaborate with Shuhei, and incredibly proud that Bionic Bay has lived up to his high expectations. What better way to celebrate such an incredible PlayStation icon, than to throw him into our dangerous bio-mechanical world. You can jump into Bionic Bay Online right now, to test out Shuhei's Gauntlet and see if you can best his time. Unlike our other speedrunning challenges, this one will remain open, to allow all players the chance of dressing up in Shu’s pink shirt…
- Patch Notes - May 2nd, 2025 (v1.3.4.1) - 2 May 2025
• Adjusted several systems in online mode and added extra version checks for compatibility. • Fixed checkpoint trigger ranges in certain levels. • Fixed boundary issues in some levels. • Fixed an issue where enabling Chronolag under specific conditions caused the game to run slowly. • Fixed an issue where manually selected ghosts in online mode did not update correctly in certain situations. • Fixed various joystick connection-related errors.
- Patch Notes - April 23th, 2025 (v1.3.3.3) - 23 April 2025
Fixed a bug where the unlocking condition check for the Omega achievement could be skipped. Now, the game will check for the Omega achievement upon launch to compensate for missed unlocks. Fixed a bug where resetting save data could cause issues with achievement tracking. We’ve identified that DirectX 12 may cause crashes on certain setups. This launch option has been temporarily disabled. Fixed boundary issues in some levels.
- Patch Notes - April 22th, 2025 (v1.3.2.3) - 22 April 2025
Fixes Fixed a bug where deleting save data would reset progress toward achievements. Fixed various level boundary and camera issues. Improvements Added Advanced Controls in the option menu: Added a new Spherical Gravity Controls setting, allowing players to choose between Screen Space (default) or Character Relative for movement direction control. The Large Hint Buttons option in Advanced Graphics options now also scales the size of the ChronoLag timer display, enhancing visual clarity on handheld devices like the Steam Deck.
- Teleport, alter gravity, and survive on the run in puzzle platformer Bionic Bay - 20 April 2025
cool little puzzle platformer released last week: Bionic Bay, where you're a little pixel scientist who, exiled to some strange biomechanical world, uses their teleportation tool to escape its strange pitfalls, tech, and traps... Read more.
- Patch Notes - April 18th, 2025 (v1.3.1.4) - 18 April 2025
Added a "Report Bug" button in the pause menu, which opens a Google Form for reporting issues. Fixed an issue where controller keybindings were not saved (they would reset after restarting the game). Fixed several level issues that caused endless falling. Fixed a bug where the online mode displayed expired leaderboards in certain situations, causing errors.
- Bionic Bay is Available Now! - 17 April 2025
Speed running scientists and challenge hunters, rejoice. After years of crafting, your invitation to Bionic Bay is now available on Steam. It began with a chance meeting on Reddit, and now the Bionic Bay story continues with you, our trusted Research Participants. In Bionic Bay you’ll master the art of teleportation, control the very fabric of time itself, manipulate gravity and navigate a path filled with dangers. Our team will provide you with the tools you’ll need to traverse this intricately crafted pixel art world. But don’t let the stunning visuals fool you, this is no slow-moving narrative crawl. The best way to navigate Bionic Bay is with fast movements, precise controls, exceptional timing, puzzle solving intuition and just maybe a little bit of luck. What you’ve seen in the Bionic Bay demo is just the beginning. Bionic Bay v1.0 includes 23 painstakingly created levels, with an…
- Bionic Bay (PC) Review - 16 April 2025
For some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about classic platformers lately — and what made them good. When it comes to the lifespan of this hobby, they’re pretty important. Many people can trace their earliest forays into gaming to a pivotal platformer. Whether it’s Super Mario , Banjo-Kazooie or even Bubsy , it usually comes down to the movement. The best platformers always—through some combination of sound, visuals and sheer feeling—make the basic act of navigating their world fun. That said, Bionic Bay has some really fun movement. “Bionic Bay has some really fun movement.” It’s not your typical movement, though. Sure, Bionic Bay gets the essentials out of the way early. The first level functions as an expanded tutorial on how the game handles momentum and air dashes—so much so that the powerful “roll, jump, air dash” combo becomes second nature. Players are quickly thrust into compl…
- All New Trailer and Demo Available Now! - 20 March 2025
It’s time for science! Research Participants who have been keeping up with the Future Games Show may have seen that we have released a new trailer and a new demo. You can head over to Steam to try out our updated research sample, which now includes the new Bionic Bay Online mode! Since we last invited Research Participants to experience Bionic Bay, the team have been working on new tweaks, polishes and adding in a number of deathtraps clever puzzles. While the new Bionic Bay Online mode is undoubtedly the star of the show, Research Participants will find a lot more to be getting along with. In Bionic Bay Online, research Participants will race through an area prepped with a significant number of hazards and obstacles. You’ll need to use all of the tools at your disposal to set the best time you can, including swap mechanics, gravity shift and the ChronoLag™ time dilation features. We’re…
- Time to slow things down - 26 February 2025
Research Participants! Somebody who shall remain unnamed (KEVIN) has been left unattended with Bionic Bay’s ChronoLag time dilation technology. Because of this unnamed person (STILL KEVIN) we’ll be releasing Bionic Bay with a slight delay to April 17th 2025. However, in the meantime, we’ll be inviting Research Participants to dive into Bionic Bay with a new Steam demo (coming soon), including pulse-pounding racing with Bionic Bay Online’s friends and global leaderboards for PC players. In addition, to help you face the coming dangers, we’ll also be introducing a series of informative videos - Welcome to Bionic Bay. In this series we’ll have an in-depth look at the potential challenges Research Participants will face, and the tools you’ll find to help you face them. The brand-new Bionic Bay demo will be available on Steam soon, where players should wishlist now to keep up with news and d…
- BIONIC BAY ONLINE MODE AND RELEASE DATE REVEALED - 12 December 2024
Hop into this latest trailer and get a peek into the new features: the ability to control time, harness gravity, teleport, and race with others’ ghost data. Take a look and the blood-pumping trailer here: The world of Bionic Bay is mysterious and packed with secrets waiting to be found. It lands onto Steam on 13th March next year. Wishlist now!
- Bionic Bay in Game Devs of Color Expo! (September 20th - September 30th) - 20 September 2023
Game Devs of Color Expo "Bionic Bay" is participating in The 2023 Game Devs of Color Expo! Game Devs of Color Expo is amplifying the creative power held by people of different color in games. The event will take place from September 20th to September 30th (UTC+8). During the event, we will be offering a free demo version for play! Live streaming Additionally, we will be live streaming during the Color Expo event, where our developers will showcase gameplay of the demo version!
- Bionic Bay is participating in The Power-Up Party Sale! - 15 September 2023
Bionic Bay is participating in The Power-Up Party Sale until Sep 21 10am PDT! The Power-Up Party Sale is absolutely lit! A grand event made up of rigorously selected games with overwhelmingly positive reviews—and Bionic Bay is also on the list! The Power-Up Party Sale isn't just about games with 95% positive reviews; it's a treasure trove of hidden gems you might've missed! We're not just fueling your gaming passion, but also topping off your game library with jaw-dropping discounts that will leave you utterly satisfied! ✔️ Event Dates: 9/14 - 9/21 Missing out would be a disservice to your gamer's soul! Hurry up and check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/sale/PowerUpParty2023
- Demo Hotfix v1.0.1.2 - 13 February 2023
* Remove file operations for local playtest file.
- Demo Hotfix v1.0.1.1 - 10 February 2023
* Fix localization issues.
